Fractography of polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate doped with polymethyl methacrylate

✍ Scribed by M. Atsuta; D. T. Turner

• Publisher: Society for Plastic Engineers
• Year: 1982
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 755 KB
• Volume: 22
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0032-3888
• DOI: 10.1002/pen.760221805

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The presence of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) can greatly affect the properties of materials made by polymerization of ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDM). Fracture surfaces, examined by scanning electron microscopy, show a much wider range of morphologies in mist regions than observed in previous work on PEGDM alone. These morphologies are attributed to the moderation of brittle fracture by localized plastic deformation. It is suggested that the effect of PMMA is due to its segregation around clusters of highly cross‐linked particles of PEGDM that, as a result, become more discrete and, hence, more susceptible to interparticle displacements during fracture. In agreement With this suggestion, the mist regions usually exhibit a particulate microstructure.